NETRAKONA, July 17, 2023 (BSS)- Harvesting of jute, the golden fibre of
Bangladesh, in the current season is progressing fast in all 10 upazilas of
the district.

The district is widely known as "huge jute producing region" of the country.
The cultivation of jute has been increasing every year here and the growers
are getting fair prices for their products.

Officials of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) told BSS that the
jute cultivators are expecting satisfactory output as they are getting better
yielding rates in everywhere of the district.

"Jute growers are not facing any problem or barriers for rotting their jute
plants as all the natural water bodies including canals, beels, rivers and
haors in the district are now full of waters due to widespread rainfall for
the last fortnight," the official said.

Farmers could cultivated jute on 4,767 hectares of land in the district with
the target for producing 48,180 bales of jute.

Of the total land, 764 hectares were brought under capsularies variety of
jute, 421 hectares under Olitorious variety, 3,157 hectares under Kenaf
variety and 425 hectares of land under Mesta variety of jute, they added.

Meanwhile, jute growers have completed cutting of 35 percent of jute plants
in the district and have drowned those into different water-bodies for
rotting the jute plants and collecting jute fibers, Mohammad Nuruzzaman,
deputy director of the DAE, Netrakona, said while talking to BSS
correspondent.

Farmers could run their jute cultivation networks successfully as the weather
condition was favorable and the different state-run agencies including BADC,
BCIC ensured supply of improved quality seeds and fertilizers to the door-
steps of the cultivators following directives of the government, he said.

Apart from this, the corps specialists and field workers of the DAE here
rendered their field-level service to let the jute growers know the modern
methods of jute cultivation and boosting jute production reducing the
production costs, he informed.

"Ninety per cent of jute plants have already been harvested so far, and the
rest of the jute plants will be harvested within a week," the DAE deputy
director said, adding that the newly-produced jute fibers will appear in
different hat-bazers and markets of the district during the time.